Cans of movie film, ready for Hollywood and TV stations form appropriate background for this operator at the DuPont Photo Products Department plant at Parlin, New Jersey. She holds reel of exposed film. DuPont has made film at this plant since 1920.

Work soles made of DuPont's synthetic rubber, neoprene are popular in many industries, but especially so among roofers. They are surefooted, abrasion resistant and long wearing. Neoprene crepe is much more resistant to oxidation than natural rubber...

Caption: "A Rich vein of coal exposed at a working place in a Reading Anthracite Mine. This coal seam is steeply pitched, following the contour of the mountains beneath which it has been buried for ages."

New soap perfume sin the making. In the chemists laboratory, a miniature soap machine turns out hundreds of cakes of soap. Perfume to be tested is incorporated in the soap while it is mixed in the plodder. Cast in a die, the soap cakes are...

Detail: "YESTER BOYAJIAN, whose name means Esther, daughter of the dyer, was a Marash orphan under Miss Salmond. When Miss Salmond broke her hip and was obliged to go to England, her orphans were heart broken, not because she was leaving them, but...

Final inspection of Dycril printing plates under gold light at DuPont's new plant at Parlin, New Jersey. Operator here inspects plate to insure against surface flaws. When used in printing, the photosensitive plate is placed in contact with a...

Final inspection of Dycril printing plates under gold light at DuPont's new plant at Parlin, New Jersey. Operator here inspects plate to insure against surface flaws. When used in printing, the photosensitive plate is placed in contact with a...

Goodbye to daylight. Roll of film base being placed in transfer car for journey to coating area. This is the last time the base will be exposed to white light. All subsequent operations are carried out in either complete darkness or under low...